A revised edition of the bestselling Oxford Junior Dictionary with a new supplement section on word origins. Features include: - 6 000 headword entries in colour for easy reference - word origins in a new supplement to encourage readers to explore the history of their language - hundreds of example sentences to show how words are used in their appropriate context - parts of speech, plurals and derivatives written out in full to help with grammar - sturdy sewn binding - ideal companion to The Oxford Junior Thesaurus